San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard (2) drives into Brooklyn Nets guard Bojan Bogdanovic (44) as he tires to score during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, in San Antonio.

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"Guys get a lot of money to be ready to play," Popovich said Thursday following his team's 95-91 loss to Chicago. "No Knute Rockne speeches. It's your job. If you're a plumber and you don't do your job, you don't get work. I don't think a plumber needs a pep talk. A doctor who botches operations and he's not a doctor anymore. You're a basketball player, you come ready. It's called maturity. It's your job."

No doubt the Spurs (19-5) were ready to pounce on the league's 28th-ranked defense.

One game after being held to 32 first-half points in a loss to the Bulls, the Spurs erupted for 41 in the first quarter, their highest-scoring period of the season.

Flummoxed by the constant ball movement, Brooklyn defenders played the game in a fog, unable to corral the Spurs for even a moment.

The Spurs scored a season-high 67 points in the first half while assisting on 20 of 27 field goals.

Kawhi Leonard scored his 30th point with 5:11 remaining in the third quarter, his 58th consecutive game in double digits. He left the floor 90 seconds later and spent the remainder of the night on the bench.

Parker added a season-high seven assists, part of a 38-assist night for the Spurs, the third-highest total by a team this season.

It was a stunning departure from recent games – the Spurs trailed by double digits in seven of their last eight before dismantling the Nets for 48 straight minutes.

"It's taking us a little bit of time to get in rhythm," guard Danny Green said after the loss in Chicago. "I think it's us trying to get used to other teams, instead of doing what we do. I think we're sitting back and letting them do what they do and feeling them out, instead just playing our game."

There was no feeling-out period Saturday night.

The Spurs trailed for a total of 17 seconds in the game's opening minute, then never did so again.

They led by 38 early in the fourth quarter, with most of the starters in their warm-ups for the remainder of night.

For their efforts, the Spurs will be rewarded with three days of rest before returning to the AT&T Center for a meeting with the 13-10 Boston Celtics.